tailieunhanh - An Investigation of English Listening Strategies Used by Thai Undergraduate Students in Public Universities in the South

Listening comprehension is difficult for foreign language learners because it is a continuous process that requires learners to understand messages while listening to them and sometimes can lead to a heavy cognitive load. In order to minimise listening barriers, various media presentation modes and ubiquitous learning activities should be implemented for teaching and learning because they are convenient and can enhance students’ learning motivation and learning performance (Liu & Chu, . | An Investigation of English Listening Strategies Used by Thai Undergraduate Students in Public Universities in the South Thitipat Watthajarukiat1 Monta Chatupote2 Panida Sukseemuang3 Abstract This survey research focused on investigating listening comprehension strategies used by undergraduate students the differences in strategy use between more and less able ones and strategy use across universities. The subjects n 146 were third-year English major students with a low intermediate level of listening proficiency from four public universities in Songkhla Thailand. Data were collected using IELTS Practice Test 7 to measure the students listening ability and the Listening Comprehension Strategies Questionnaire adapted from the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning Oxford 1990 . Findings indicated that the most frequently used strategy by all subjects was using background knowledge of grammar to help in listening cognitive strategies X while the least frequently used strategy was physically acting out what they heard to help memorize it memory strategies X . On the whole no significant differences were found in either individual strategy use or strategy category use between more and less able students t p and among the groups of students across universities. However in detail significant differences were found in three individual strategies namely using prior knowledge cognitive strategies listening to English news metacognitive strategies and practicing listening and speaking with friends social strategies . Significant differences in individual strategy use across the universities were also found taking notes cognitive strategies and emotion control affective strategies . Frequencies of strategy use in the more able students . in Teaching English as an International Language Department of Languages and Linguistics Faculty of Liberal Arts Prince of Songkla University 2Associate Professor . Department of Languages and Linguistics Faculty